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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    there are three or four DMCs running around the Indianapolis metro-area...i always look.. but never think to take pics... i know i'll see them again... much like the all electric fieros (there are at least three running around the northwest side of Indy... red, white, & blue (blue is the one i see the most))
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    12/06/09

    In reply to Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
    Fantastic shots, Mr. Science. FWIW, the Jaaaag is a Series II, as it has the tombstone shaped taillights. (Series IIIs had larger, multicolored lenses.)
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    So, has anyone ever mirror polished a DeLorean?
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I found a couple in an image search.
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    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: I'll take that one, thanks. Nice hunting there.
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    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Thanks is not necessary; just send money. ;)
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: where does one have to live to have two oil dump holes in the the driveway.......?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I'm almost ashamed to admit that I think it looks good. Would it be my choice, though? Nah... I'm thinking charcoal.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I wonder if this is the same car I saw parked in a driveway down the street from me a month or two ago. I spent about ten minutes staring at it in incredulity that someone had actually painted a DeLorean.

    If there are two DeLoreans in existence painted that shade of red, that is stranger still to me.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    What! I work five blocks from there, yet never see any DeLoreans.

    Yesterday, however, I got to see an Aston Martin DB7 Convertible slithering through the sleet and snow.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    The stainless steel on the DeLorean looked great when new, but as the cars aged, the surface often took on a rather unattractive yellowish-gray tint that was hard to remove. Also, the front nosecone always seemed to be a different color than the rest of the car. A well-applied solid color looks really good on the car.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V Down On The San Francisco Street
    What a car... Something that the Italians truly blessed us with.
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    Image of das_borgen das_borgen
    12/06/09

    @Xelmon:
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    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    As someone who's owned a DeLorean since for over 20 years I can say that they are very low to the ground, so much so that SUV's and Pickups have trouble seeing them and I've had issues with blind spot lane changes.

    The painted ones look really nice, it's too bad the factory didn't last longer, they were prepping factory painted cars.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    The stainless steel may have been distinctive but it didn't mesh well with the plastic silver front and rear bumpers. Painting the car a regular color avoids that problem -- at least until the plastic starts to fade.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I wouldn't paint my DeLorean (if I had one). To me, the stainless steel makes it unique. To each their own. I've only seen one DeLorean in the flesh. It's like about 40" tall......or am I thinking of another car?
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    12/06/09

    @skaycog: you're good
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    12/06/09

    @das_borgen: I'm predictable.
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    12/06/09

    @skaycog: i've never been lucky enough to have seen a DMC

    but I did see a couple of De Tomaso Panteras in my life
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @das_borgen: Well, you're two up on me, as I've never seen even one. Where were they?
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    Image of TriumphRacer TriumphRacer
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: It's like a Taxi from a 70's sci-fi movie.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @TriumphRacer: Yeah, that's it! I do like the yellow better than the red though.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: you know... you don't make not stalking you easy....

    (and since i said that.. here goes)

    predictable, that's one of the things i like in a woman....
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: show up in Indianapolis within two weeks of any of the races. you'll see all kinds of stuff you never thought you'd see this side of the atlantic.................. (even now that F1 is gone....) the crazy sh*ts show up for the nascar/truck races... and of course, the indy 500

    any car you could want to see is normally 'on the circle' (downtown indy) the week before the race/the night of qualies etc..... and then they're all parked in special lots as you walk to the track from your parking spot (someone's lawn...)
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    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I used to search DeLoreans on eBay motors just about weekly. I don't know if it was my weird luck or if this car stayed on the proverbial block for a while, but one of the cars for sale always managed to be red.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/06/09

    In reply to Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
    I think the Studebaker might be the only thing I'd be truly surprised to see, but all of these are well worth documenting - and hell, well worth owning. I'd go for the Cadillac or perhaps the Suburban or C10, as better mechanical minds than I could do so much more to the others.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/06/09

    In reply to Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
    The Chevy pickup is a '69, while the Suburban is a '71 or '72 (those two years were all but identical in appearance). The Ranchero is a '64. As others have said, the hearse is a '69. The real prize here is the Stude pickup.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    12/06/09

    In reply to Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
    The Studebaker pickup is interesting. In the 1940s and early 50s Studebaker was a real contender in the light-truck field. However, once the company almost went out of business in 1956-58, it was only able to field a light truck by scrounging around in its parts bin.

    By the early 1960s the most modern cab they had available was from the compact Lark. Alas, Studebaker apparently thought that no one would want a compact-sized truck bed, so they pushed out the corners -- stylistic consistency be damned. Then they jacked up the height and added the world's biggest bumper and a charming cow-catcher grille.

    A smaller but nicely styled truck might have sold a bit better.
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    12/06/09

    @DrLemming: As you suggest, Studebaker was already running on empty by this stage, and it had used just about all of its remaining resources on the temporarily-successful 1959 Lark. The best they could do to modernize their pickups was to slap a Lark body on the existing 1949-vintage light-truck chassis. An all-new small truck was probably impossible under the circumstances. Once the Lark faded in 1961, there was nothing left to do except shoestring-budget facelifts of existing vehicles and a desperate roll-of-the-dice called the Avanti.
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    12/06/09

    @DrLemming: The reason the bed does not quite seem to fit is because the fleetside bed was sourced from Dodge. The bed is wider than the compact Lark based cab.
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    12/06/09

    @Buster Brew: Yep... and it looks like it's a utility bed.
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